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Raleigh staff recommended a 3 percent water and sewer rate increase for the coming fiscal year during a Raleigh City Council budget work session Monday. It'd cost the average residential customer $1.68 more per month in their water bill.

A self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle _ a crash that could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology.

Finance ministers and central bankers of G-20 countries are meeting in Argentina at a summit that has been eclipsed by growing concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's import tariffs on steel and aluminum and the potential of a trade war.

UNC Health Care CEO Dr. William Roper said that his organization would be willing to work with Atrium Health or other groups to help meet the needs of North Carolina patients in the future. UNC Health and Atrium tried and failed to merge recently.